2016 Winter Youth Olympics

II Winter Youth Olympic Games

Host city	Lillehammer, Norway
Motto	Go beyond. Create tomorrow. (Norwegian: Spreng grenser. Skap morgendagen.)
Nations	71
Athletes	~1,100
Events	70
Opening	12 February
Closing	21 February
Opened by	King Harald V
Cauldron	HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra
Stadium	Lysgårdsbakkene (opening) Håkons Hall (closing)
Winter ← Innsbruck 2012 Lausanne 2020 → Summer ← Nanjing 2014 Buenos Aires 2018 →

The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (Norwegian: Olympiske vinterleker for ungdom 2016; Nynorsk: Olympiske vinterleikane for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February and 21 February 2016.^[1] They were the fourth Youth Olympic Games and the second winter edition. Lillehammer was awarded the games on 7 December 2011 as the only candidate.^[2] The games reused venues from the 1994 Winter Olympics; this made Lillehammer the first city to host both regular and Youth Olympics. In addition to Lillehammer, sports were contested in Hamar, Gjøvik and Øyer.